Courses

Foundation Courses (Complete all four)
BWS 102 Introduction to Black World Studies
BWS 202 Culture, Identity, and Performance
BWS 304 Research Methods in BlackWorld Studies
BWS 397 Capstone Requirement

One Area of Concentration (Complete four courses in any one of the following three concentrations; at least 2 of these courses need to be 200 level or higher and at least one further course needs to be 300 level or higher):

History Concentration
Choose four courses:
BWS 111 Survey of Islamic History (HIST 109)
BWS 300 History of Islam in Africa (HIST 300)                 
BWS 302 Islam in the African American Experience (HIST 380A)
BWS 363 Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 363)
BWS 371 American Social History: Race and Ethnicity (HIST 371)
BWS 374  Black Politics (HIST 374)
BWS 379 African American History to 1865 (HIST 379)
BWS 380 African American History Since 1865 (HIST 380)
BWS 386 African History to 1600 (HIST 350)
BWS 387 African History Since 1600 (HIST 351)
BWS 388 U.S. History: Rebels and Reformers (HIST 381)

Literature and the Arts Concentration
Choose four courses:
BWS 109 Jazz Band (MUSC 109)
BWS 158 Introduction to Gospel Music (MUSC 158)
BWS 159 Introduction to Jazz (MUSC 156)
BWS 251 African American Art (FNAR 251)
BWS 254 History of African American Music (MUSC 250)
BWS 280 Francophone Literature: Africa and the Caribbean (LITR 280)
BWS 282 African American Literature (ENGL 282)
BWS 316 Carribean Literature in English (ENGL 316)
BWS 384 African Literature in English (ENGL 314)
BWS 389 Advanced Study of African American Literature (ENGL 389)
BWS 396 African American Theatre (THTR 396)

Social Sciences Concentration
Choose four courses:
BWS 110 International Relations (PLSC 102)
BWS 122 Race and Ethnic Relations (SOCL 122)
BWS 213 Contemporary African Cultures (ANTH 213)
BWS 214 African American Anthropology (ANTH 214)
BWS 218 African American Politics (PLSC 218)
BWS 228 Sociology of African American Experience (SOCL 228)
BWS 250 Inequality in Society (SOCL 250)
BWS 340 International Relations of Africa (PLSC 340)
BWS 342 African Political Systems (PLSC 342)
BWS 361 Anthropology of Race and Ethnicity (ANTH 361)
BWS 372 Crime, Race, and Violence (CRMJ 372)
BWS 398 Psychology Seminar and Topic: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination (PSYC 398)

Electives
Choose three additional courses (BWS 103-201, BWS 203-303, BWS 305-396, BWS 399-499) that have not been taken from your concentration; of the three elective courses taken, at least one of them needs to be 200 level or higher and at least one further course needs to be 300 level or higher

BWS 104 Gospel Choir (MUSC 104)
BWS 114 Introduction to the Quran (THEO 114):
BWS 199 Early African Christianity (THEO 176B):
BWS 199 Moral Problems: Poverty/Age of Globalization (THEO 192)
BWS 199 Moral Problems: Racism (THEO 192)
BWS 199  Moral Problems: HIV/AIDS in Global Perspective (THEO 192)
BWS 219 Intercultural Communication (CMUN 218)
BWS 271 World Cultures (ANTH 271)
BWS 277 World Religions (THEO 177)
BWS 285 Action and Value: Race and Gender (PHIL 285)
BWS 288 African American Religious Experience (THEO 176)
BWS 297) African American Cinema (CMUN 260)
BWS 297 Globalization and Local Cultures (selected sections) (ANTH 271)
BWS 355 Art of Africa (FNAR 355)
BWS 361 American Black Men (SOWK 361)
BWS 385 Multiculturalism  (PHIL 389):
BWS 395 Comparative Race Relations (SOCL 370)
BWS 395 (African American Theology (THEO 312)
BWS 435 African-Centered Psychology (CPSY 435)